This is a little thingy that automatically calls brew update and
optionally brew fetch and brew upgrade on a schedule.
By default, it does so every day at 7am and sends you a notification
when something new is available.
To install, use
brew install xakraz/auto-update/brew-auto-update --HEAD
and then follow the instructions that are printed:
==> Caveats
To have launchd start xakraz/auto-update/brew-auto-update now and restart at login:
brew services start xakraz/auto-update/brew-auto-update
The App Store preferences for checking for updates are respected, so to turn off updating or fetching, change the settings there.
This project was started by petere. I forked his project to:
Feel free to submit issues and pull requests with improvements.
The auto-update, auto-upgrade default behavior follows the MacAppStore configuration. However, you can override this config with the following environment variables:
HOMEBREW_AUTO_UPDATE
HOMEBREW_AUTO_FETCH
HOMEBREW_AUTO_UPGRADE
These environment variables can be set with the launchctl utility
or permanently in config files.
- Tab 'Configuration'
- Section 'Setting environment variables:'
Are sent to the system thanks to the awesome tool terminal-notifier.
Need absolute path in their definition.
You can check its configuration in Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.brew-auto-update.plist).
It is also in this file that you can change the date the auto-update check is performed.
More info about Launchd agents:
- https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPSystemStartup/Chapters/CreatingLaunchdJobs.html
- http://www.launchd.info/
You can see the logs via the app Console.
The path should be ~/Library/Logs/brew-auto-update/.
Getting Terminal App ID
termapp_id: com.googlecode.iterm2
Updating Brew formulae
Outdated formulae: vitorgalvao/tiny-scripts/cask-repair
Display notifications to user
2017-02-10 14:02:45.384 terminal-notifier[6581:132685] command output:
Updating Homebrew...
==> Upgrading 1 outdated package, with result:
vitorgalvao/tiny-scripts/cask-repair 0.31.0
==> Upgrading vitorgalvao/tiny-scripts/cask-repair
==> Cloning https://github.com/vitorgalvao/tiny-scripts.git
Updating /Users/utilisateur/Library/Caches/Homebrew/cask-repair--git
==> Checking out branch master
🍺 /usr/local/Cellar/cask-repair/0.31.0: 5 files, 23.3K, built in 3 seconds
New_Outdated formulae:
Upgrades applied
Done
Getting Terminal App ID
termapp_id: com.googlecode.iterm2
Updating Brew formulae
Outdated formulae:
No updates available - Exiting